Chomper Higgot

What does international law say? The UN recognizes Ukraine as a sovereign nation and so did Putin when he signed into the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Security_Assurances Got any more ridiculously baseless objections to fact?

So you have given up disputing that the Russian’s are committing war crimes.

How on earth do you know? Putin does not retain power through popularity, he relies on two things; fear and the transactional support that comes from being useful to the few people who do have the power to remove him. Public demonstrations indicate fear isn’t working while the decimation of Russia’s economy and the humiliation of its military are certainly going to impact support amongst Russia’s controlling elite. Whatever Putin’s position was prior to this illegal invasion you can bet your bottom Ruble that it’s a lot more uncertain following the unmitigated disaster he’s hitched his survival too.

Make no mistake about this, Putin is taking Biden very seriously and Xi has been put on notice to do likewise. And this is the whole point ironically, perhaps deliberately, being missed by Putin’s excusers when they engage in their whataboutary. The US is a democracy, the citizens vote and change the whole administration, by this means the nation changes direction, not so a totalitarian dictatorship. Now step back and observe the correlation between admiration of, even outright praising of Putin and efforts to restrict and undermine voting rights in the US and elsewhere.

The whole point of the whataboutary is precisely that, excuse Putin. Utterly disgusting.

You seem to have missed the bit about the US and EU, UK destroying the Russian economy.

Yep, plenty of evidence of Russia ticking a number of those off.

You are making some rather rash assumptions.

I will accept without question that on the basis of your comments you have had ‘some difficulty’ in accessing ‘unbiased reports’. I don’t feel it necessary to inquire what those ‘difficulties’ are.

And by Russias online apologists, don’t forget those will you?!

It requires a great deal of nativity to believe that Putin is even the slightest bit worried about being prosecuted. Putin has demonstrated his disdain for international law and he will never be tried in The Hague.

Plus threatening to use nuclear weapons and absolutely laying the groundwork to use biological weapons. (Which he has already used to kill opponents). But….But…. But…… whatabout….?!

It was President Biden who called Putin a war criminal, not former President Bush.

Oh, so that makes Russia’s illegal invasion, and the Russian military war crimes and atrocities alright then.

Some find his killing and the killings of thousands of others a matter for mirth.

Let’s not forget the fact that the victim of this shooting, like thousands of others in Ukraine would still be alive if Russia has not illegally invaded.

Going cap-in-hand to China with your economy in tatters and currency near worthless and credit rating at ‘trash’. China will burden Russia wit unplayable debt and strip the Russians of control Its natural resources. Enjoy.

Putin is openly talking about ‘cleansing’ Russian society. Perhaps Ukrainians don’t want to suffer the same fate. As is their unequivocal right.

In all fairness, Dunbas is part of Ukraine, tge Russians have no business telling Ukrainian not to station Ukrainian troops in Ukrainian territory.

Thank you. No, no pictures. The house is very recognizable and therefore it’s owner identifiable. I will however share design principles for those who are interested: Bucking the ‘Thais don’t know how to build houses/lay brickwork/install safe electrics etc’. I took traditional Thai houses as a starting point for how to build a house suited to the climate. The house is designed for passive cooling. I’ve install a/c units in the bedrooms and the reception room but these are seldom used. The build is timber and brick with a terracotta roof. Shading: The roofs overhang by one meter to cast shade on the walls, the East face has a covered verandah to cast shade (both these methods of shading were already mentioned by Khun La). I’ve orientated the house wrt to the Sun path and existing trees to maximize natural shading and planted more trees after the build was complete to fill gaps in the shade. Bathrooms are orientated to sunlight and prevailing wind to aid drying after use. Airflow: I’ve followed traditional Thai building practice to encourage airflow. With the exception of the bathrooms all windows are fitted with wooden shutters but no glass (or bars). All rooms have shuttered windows on two or three aspects, to create cross flow. The bathrooms have frosted glass hinged windows above head height and on three aspects. The roof space is open, not enclosed with a ceiling, tiles are terracotta, this is water proof while maximizing airflow. All rooms have overhead fans. Separate Kitchen Building: The kitchen has the same design features to the house but, following Thai traditional practices, is a separate building; thereby keeping cooking heat and cooking smells out of the house. Safe haven for insects and pests: I have not used cavity wall construction which creates a safe haven for insects and pests. How this works together as a whole: Throughout the day, morning until dusk, windows shutters and verandah doors are left open, enabling a movement of air through the house, the temperature is comfortable throughout the day. As dusk falls and for the first hour of the evening window shutters and doors are closed to avoid mosquitoes at their most active. Depending on the weather A/C might be used if there is too much residual heat in the walls. One hour after dusk (after the nozzles have calmed down) the windows and doors are opened again and remain open to bedtime. I occasionally put the bedroom a/c on for an hour at bedtime, but it is only occasionally. Changes I would make with hindsight: I would install a fireplace, it gets chilly in the winter. Actually, I considered a hypercaust but thought it might cause problems with the floors so in the end gave it a miss.

I hope the board of experts will forgive me for having recently built a house in Thailand without the use of any materials applied as thermal insulation. And while you gag on that shocking revelation, I definitely did not use any cavity walls either.

He can’t negotiate unless Russia are negotiating too. But oddly you only see Ukraine backing down.

Oddly it’s not crazy from Putin’s point of view.

The death of people on both sides started with Russia’s illegal and unprovoked invasion, I don’t see much criticism of that from you. People will naturally fight to defend their homeland, the Ukrainians are clearly doing so and will continue to do so. This is a reality you fail to address.

Nobody here is ‘cheering the death and destruction of a country’. You are arguing for the complete surrender of a free people in a sovereign nation to an murderous villain who has ordered an illegal and unprovoked invasion of that sovereign nation. You seem, for some reason, to believe the Ukrainian’s are bringing death upon themselves (victim blaming) for not surrendering in the face of this illegal unprovoked invasion of their sovereign nation and that somehow they might consider it a good idea to surrender to an invading army that is targeting civilians and committing numerous atrocities and war crimes. It’s not at all unreasonable for anyone viewing the combined sense and direction of your posts to conclude you are actively promoting the aims and objectives of Putin’s criminal invasion. You sir protest your ‘Bothsideism’ a little too much.